Page 2130 - Week 07 - Thursday, 4 June 2015
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Children and Young People and Minister for Ageing) (6.02): The government does not agree to this amendment. With the addition of subsection 352(4)(b) it is not legally possible for the director-general to make arrangements in all circumstances. Where the director-general has daily care responsibility for a child or young person, the director-general is already obligated through the Children and Young People Act 2008 to make arrangements for each child or young person.
However, some of the services that will be provided under the strategy, a step up for our kids, will be working with children and young people whose parents retain parental responsibility for them. The director-general could only make arrangements for these children and young people with the consent of their parents. If consent is not provided, the director-general would be noncompliant with the proposed subsection 352(4)(b).
Amendment negatived.
MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (6.03): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 9 and 10 circulated in my name together [see schedule 7 at page 2146].
Leave not granted.
MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (6.03): I move amendment No 9 circulated in my name [see schedule 7 at page 2146].
This relates to a new section 352S(3) which makes it clear that the director-general is responsible for making arrangements for the care of the children and young people affected by an organisation’s cancellation.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Planning, Minister for Roads and Parking, Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations, Minister for Children and Young People and Minister for Ageing) (6.04): The government does not agree to this amendment for the same reasons it did not agree with amendment No 8. The director-general cannot make arrangements for children and young people whose parents have parental responsibility for them without consent of the parents.
Amendment negatived.
MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (6.04): I move amendment No 10 circulated in my name [see schedule 7 at page 2147].
This is a new section 352S(4) which gives an organisation issued with a cancellation notice 20 working days to transfer the case load of children and young people to a different provider before its approval is cancelled.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Planning, Minister for Roads and Parking, Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations, Minister for Children and Young People and Minister for Ageing) (6.05): The government agrees to this amendment for the same reason it agreed to amendment No 3 of the opposition spokesperson’s amendments.
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